Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Echinoidea"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Echinoidea \Ech`i*noi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Echinus}, and
{-oid}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They
have a calcareous, usually more or less spheroidal or
disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with
movable spines. See {Spatangoid}, {Clypeastroid}. [Written
also {Echinidea}, and {Echinoida}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Echinoidea
n : sea urchins and sand dollars [syn: {Echinoidea}, {class
Echinoidea}]
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